Gwent - Paranormal Database Records

Turning Key

Location: Chepstow - Welsh Burns Unit (hospital)Type: Unknown Ghost TypeDate / Time: 1980sFurther Comments: A nurse at this facility reported seeing a key turn in the lock of a glass door - no one could be seen on the other side.

The Lonely Shepherd

Location: Clydach - Limestone PillarType: LegendDate / Time: 23 June (or Midsummer Eve) (reoccurring)Further Comments: A shepherd who drove his wife to suicide was petrified by God as punishment. Once a year, on Midsummer Night, the rock animates and walks down to the River Usk where his wife drowned herself, before returning prior to dawn.

Pwca

Location: Clydach - Pwll y Cwn poolType: FairyDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A water spirit, Pwca was once thought to hide out in this deep pool of water located under the waterfall here.

Sound of a Horse

Location: Clytha - Road on the hillsideType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Autumn 1898Further Comments: The driver of a horse and cart and a passenger were left shaken after encountering the sounds of a horse which passed them, and although nothing could be seen, the sounds were accompanied by a cold gust of wind. A murder had occurred along the road a few years previous, where a woman on horseback was decapitated by a former lover.

Goblin

Location: Coedkernew - Mardy FarmType: PoltergeistDate / Time: January 1904Further Comments: Although the activities which occurred at the farm would now be attributed to a poltergeist, items moved, thrown, or poured over the floor, at the time a goblin or elf was blamed.

Celliwig

Location: Coedkernew - Neolithic burial chamberType: LegendDate / Time: Still presentFurther Comments: It has been suggested the this site was once King Arthur's court.

Oh God, What Shall I Do?

Location: Crumlin - Bridge (no longer standing?)Type: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Unknown, likely to be pre-nineteenth centuryFurther Comments: A woman standing on the bridge one evening heard a voice travelling up the river repeating 'Oh God, what shall I do?'. The woman was struck with terror and fled the scene, fainting once she reached home.

Rustling Woman

Location: Cwmbran - Road between Llantarnam Abbey and churchType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Pre 1909Further Comments: A man walking this route at midnight watched as a woman approached him. Their paths crossed under the branches of a large oak. The rustling of the woman's dress could be heard, and moments after passing the man, he turned to take another look at the woman. As the moonlight fell upon her, she vanished.

Black Hound

Location: Cwmbran - The Chapel, St DialsType: ShuckDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A local legend says that this area was home to a large black dog which hunted souls. A local minister faced the hound and banished it after smacking the creature between the eyes with a bible.

White Owl

Location: Cwmcarvan - Hill in the areaType: CurseDate / Time: Nineteenth centuryFurther Comments: A unnaturally large white owl took to hunting over an ancient battlefield, leading locals to believe the creature was magical and should not be interfered with. A visitor to Raglan castle who laughed at the story and killed the owl, himself died a few hours later, choking to death at a dinner table.

Warning Voice

Location: Devauden - B4293Type: OtherDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A woman driving home alone along this twisting lane heard a soft voice next to her tell her to stop. She did so, and almost immediately a car with no lights on sped past in the opposite direction on the wrong side of the road - by pulling over, the driver managed to avoid a serious accident.

Dog Walker

Location: Dixton - Field close to the riverType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Unknown, likely early twentieth centuryFurther Comments: Two friends camping on the river bank watched a man walking a large white dog in the field. As the man and his dog approached the friends, the man began to vanish from the feet upwards, until he and the dog completely disappeared. One of the friends was later told by his grandmother that the area was haunted by the entities he had seen.

Parcel Carrier

Location: Dixton - Lanes between Rectory and riverType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Weather dependent: Dark winter nightsFurther Comments: A homeless man drowned in the river, and now walks around his final route, tightly clutching an unknown package. One version of the story says the man now has the head of a rat. The village is also haunted by a white dog, often seen alongside a strange man.

Mother

Location: Ebbw Vale - Churchyard, mill stream and bridgeType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A woman with her baby is said to haunt this area, with some believing the woman to have committed suicide by leaping from the bridge after falling in love with a Norman soldier. Other versions of the tale do not mention the baby.

Untouched Armchair

Location: Ebbw Vale - Council house, exact location unknownType: SHCDate / Time: January 1980Further Comments: The body of a seventy two year old was found reduced to ash, leaving only a pair of feet in socks, a soot covered skull, and an undamaged armchair in which most of the remains sat...

Ripper

Location: Ebbw Vale - Farmhouse overlooking Ebbw ValeType: PoltergeistDate / Time: 1936Further Comments: A family who lived here were said to be plagued by an entity which ripped their clothes and attacked them. A ghost candle was also observed drifting down the staircase. They fled.

Built in a Night

Location: Grosmont - Bridge between Grosmont and KentchurchType: Legend - Old NickDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: The Devil agreed to build a bridge between the two locations over the river Monnow, but on condition that he would have the soul of the first creature to cross. Before using the bridge for the first time, a local woman threw a bone for her dog across the bridge - the canine ran to fetch it, and thus cheated the Devil of his human soul.

Jack o'Kent

Location: Grosmont - Churchyard wallType: Legend - Old NickDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A local folk hero who constantly tricked the Devil, Jack was finally laid to rest under the churchyard wall to prevent Satan from taking his soul.

Playful Boy

Location: Llancaiach Fawr - Llancaiach Fawr Manor HouseType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 2000sFurther Comments: The presence of a young boy who fell to his death within the building is still felt, and has made his presence known by tugging on people's clothing. There are also reports of lurid, ghostly faces staring from the walls.

Mira Turner

Location: Llanelli - Llanelly House (aka Llanelli House)Type: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: After being accused of having an affair in the house, maid Mira Turner was found dead at the bottom of a staircase. An inquest declared it to be suicide, although others believed it could have been an accident or murder. Regardless of the verdict her ghost is said to haunt the site. Another ghost is that of a distressed older man, who may be responsible for the heavy footfalls occasionally heard.

White Woman

Location: Llanelly - CemeteryType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 1880Further Comments: The area was said to be haunted by a white woman who floated above the ground, although when one witness ran after the figure (as opposed to running away, like so many others), he managed to wrap his arms around it - the 'ghost' was actually a woman playing pranks on gullible locals.

Dancing Fairies

Location: Llangua - Llangua church, fields behindType: FairyDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Witnesses here watched a troupe of fairies dancing in the fields behind the village church, before they all headed off towards the wood.

Misleading Old Woman

Location: Llanhilleth - Mountain in the regionType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: This spooky old woman calls out to walkers, trying to lure them from the footpaths so they become lost. She can be recognised by her large four cornered hat and the large pot she carries.

White Woman

Location: Llanvihangel Crucorney - Between Llanvihangel Court and Lady WoodType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Unknown, but only at midnightFurther Comments: This pallid figure moves from the hall and disappears into the nearby wood. There have also been sightings of a short man dressed in green.

Monks

Location: Llanvihangel Crucorney - Llanthony Priory, in the Vale of EwyasType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: This location is said to be haunted by the monks that once walked here. The Blaenavon Paranormal Investigation Team have reported recording EVP and observing a grey figure.